Two Sisters and Friends

Pages

Search This Blog

Friday, January 2, 2015

It’s a new year, and as cliché as
it sounds, I can’t believe it is 2015.Time
has flown.I took a few years off of
blogging.Frankly, I was a bit burnt
out.When I last wrote, was in June of
2011! I wasn't on Pinterest, I only had
two kids, I was juggling two different work places, and we lived in our “old
house.” Since then, Pinterest has
changed the way we cook, create, and compete.I have a beautiful 12 year old girl, a spunky 10 year old girl, and a
rowdy 2 ½ year old boy.In the last year,
we have sold a house, lived in a rent house for 9 months, and are now living in
the house we only dreamed we could have.I am working at one school full time as an instructional facilitator.This is a fancy word for working with
teachers and curriculum.Although I miss
working with kids in the classroom, I am lucky enough to work with a staff of
dedicated people.In the last year, I
completed college hours to become a school administrator.By my side in everything, my wonderful
husband helps me to find balance and keep up with the daily whirlwind of family
activities.

If anything, I am trying to find
the joy in cooking again. Schedules
dictate our life five days a week. The
other two days seem to be spent getting ready for the next five days. This was all compounded with having a baby, the
process of building, and going to school.
We made it work, but we ate out a little too much, didn’t cook as
healthy as I wanted to, and didn’t always have my act together to plan like I
needed to plan out our meals.

So that brings me here. I am excited to start blogging again. I am going to focus on writing about what
most families struggle with. I had found
in talking with friends we struggle with how to eat clean, without processed
foods, how to eat on a budget, and how to eat on a schedule when everyone is
meeting themselves coming.

So I end the first post of the
year, with no recipe, but with hopes that you ate your black-eyed peas! What
recipes would you like to see here? What
is it that you search for?

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

I love my summer time activities. One of the things I enjoy doing is canning. That may sound a bit strange, but I find it relaxing and it makes a great gift come Christmas time. Here is the recipe that I use that I like. You can do the same thing with squash, which I love!

Trim fat off meat. Sprinkle gravy mixes on London broil in 1-gallon Ziploc bag. Label and freeze. Thaw, add 3 cups water to back and shake. Pour into Crock-Pot and cook (low) for 3-4 hours. Slice mean and return to sauce. Serve on toasted buns.

Okay, I have been a bad cook and blogger the last couple of months. I have not been planning my meals as I know I need to. I know myself well enough to know that if I don't have plan, we end up eating out more. The girls had swim lessons the last couple of weeks from 5:30 to 7:00 each night. Between that and the end of school, we have been out of kilter. It has also been 95 degrees (or higher) each day, and it is only June! I hate to be in the kitchen when it is 100 degrees. So, I pulled out a cookbook that I purchased not too long ago. It is a Once-a-Month Cooking by Wilson and Lagerborg. It has menus, supply lists and recipes for two-weeks of cooking, or even a month of cooking. I decided to try one of the two week menus. I now have 14 meals in the freezer for summer use. The cookbook is set up to be used as a guide and was pretty easy to use. I ended up splitting up the cooking into two days, so I was not as efficient as I could have been. I was very pleased with the results so far. I think that I could use the 14 meals over a three week time period very easily by inserting a couple of vegetarian meals into the mix. I couldn't do this once a month, it was very intense, but once every few months I could make it work. The other thing to consider is the cost of the meals. I think the author's did a great job on this. I spent about $135.00 for the 14 meals. I thought that was pretty good!

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Wow it's been a while since I've posted a recipe. To be honest I haven't been very creative lately so I haven't had anything exciting to post. Last night I did find a really good recipe that helped me use up some leftover pulled pork that I made in the crock pot. It was a hit in this household. I found it on the food network website. It is an Emeril recipe:

Dough:

Make or buy your dough. I use the recipe that came with my breadmaker.

Cheese:

12 oz Shredded Mozzerella

BBQ Sauce (instead of tomato sauce):

1 c apple cider vinegar

1 c ketchup

1/4 c light brown sugar

1 T molasses

1 T yellow mustard

2 t worchestershire sauce

1/2 t minced garlic

1/4 t cayenne pepper

1/4 t freshly ground pepper

In a medium saucepan, combine ingredients (mixing to dissolve sugar). Allow sauce to simmer for 10 to 15 minutes or until slightly thickened.

Roll out dough. Spoon 1 cup of the cooled bbq sauce over the pizza dough, leaving about 3/4" of dough uncovered around the edge. Spread the pulled pork over the sauce. Top with onion and/or bell pepper if desired. Spread cheese evenly over pizza. Bake at 425F for 10 to 15 minutes or until cooked through.

Who are Two Sisters?

Tracie and Kelli are two sisters that enjoy cooking with and for family and friends. In an attempt to preserve and share recipes with those we love, we have started a blog called Two Sisters and Friends. Feel free to join us, share with us, and cook with us.

Visitors

Followers

Subscribe To

Contribute Your Own Recipe

If you would like to share a recipe with us please email Tracie at tstauff@gmail.com or Kelli at gordonkelli@gmail.com with the subject line of Recipe and we will publish it on the blog. Thanks to all of the wonderful contributors so far!